Crime Investigation Australia - Season 2 - Eps 6: Thrill Kill - The Janine Balding Murder
On a September night in 1986, two police officers climbed through a barbed-wire fence beside the F4 freeway at Minchinbury in Sydney’s west. They were accompanied by two teenage boys who guided them to the edge of a shallow dam where the beams from torches outlined the body of a young woman lying in the mud. She was later identified as nineteen-year-old Sydney bank clerk, Janine Balding. She had been abducted, raped, beaten and drowned. The shock was compounded when police arrested the gang responsible and found their youngest member was just 14 years old. The others present were a boy and girl both aged 15, a 16-year-old boy, and their leader, 21-year old Stephen “Shorty” Jamieson, who despite his physical maturity had the mental age of 10. It appears the gang was seeking to impress each other with their toughness when they set out to rape a woman. They selected Janine at random.
About Crime Investigation Australia
Title: Crime Investigation Australia
First Air Date: 2005-08-01
Last Air Date: 2010-12-28
Status: Returning Series
Rating: 8.5/10 (from 2 votes)
Language: EN
Seasons: 6
Total Episodes: 45
Network: Nine Network
Genres: Crime, Documentary
Production Companies: Unknown
Synopsis
Crime Investigation Australia is an Australian true-crime series that first premiered on Foxtel's Crime & Investigation Network in August 2005. The series is also rebroadcast on the Nine Network, and made its debut there on 14 August 2007. The host of the series is Steve Liebmann.
